Day: November 25, 2021

Human rights activist Litvinovich on the change of the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service: control over the service is transferred from the FSB to the Ministry of Internal Affairs Alexander Kalashnikov and the appointment of Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia Arkady Gostev to this post, one can see the weakening of the positions of the Federal Security Service (FSB), from which the former head of the FSIN is a native. Human rights activist Marina Litvinovich wrote about this in her Telegram channel. “Control over the FSIN is transferred from the FSB to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The decision to remove the head of the FSIN Kalashnikov and appoint Gostev is quite strong and inspires some optimism, “she commented on the change in the head of the service. Litvinovich stated that it is the FSB that oversees all operational work in colonies and pre-trial detention centers, using

Latvian Minister of Health Pavluts announced vaccination of 70% of the adult population percent of the adult population, reports TASS. “Yesterday we achieved the goal set in the [Latvian] vaccination plan, and the EU goal to vaccinate at least 70 percent of the adult population,” Pavluts said. 70.28 percent of residents aged 12 and over were fully vaccinated, the head of the Ministry of Health explained. “We are approaching the average vaccination coverage of the entire EU population (70.1 percent), now we have 66.67 percent,” added Pavluts. Earlier, the Latvian authorities announced that from December 6, all workers in a country who has possible contact with other people at work will be required to be tested for the presence of antigens to COVID-19 twice a week, regardless of the fact of vaccination. In eight weeks, the state will have to spend 14-15 million euros for these purposes.

Executive Director Shaninka Kryuchkova testified against Rector Zuev Executive Director of Shaninka – Moscow Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences) (MVSES Kryuchkova began to cooperate with the investigation and was placed under house arrest. This is reported by “Interfax” with reference to a source in the investigating authorities. According to him, Kryuchkova pleaded guilty and told about cashing the stolen money. In addition, she testified against other defendants in the fraud case, including the rector Sergei Zuev. The executive director was released from the pre-trial detention center under house arrest. Earlier it was reported that the rector Shaninka was placed in the medical unit of the SIZO “Matrosskaya Tishina”. He was accused of embezzling 21 million rubles allocated from the budget for the federal project “Teacher of the Year” of the national project “Education.” In 2020, the parties terminated them by mutual agreement. At that time, 21 million rubles

Political strategist Bashirov: a peaceful settlement of the situation with Donbass is still possible The Minsk agreements, the political strategist Marat Bashirov is sure. In a conversation with Lenta.ru, he added that Kiev is likely to sabotage the agreements until it receives a direct command from Washington. Kiev is sabotaging its obligations under the Minsk agreements, which leads to the disruption of settlement negotiations conflict in Donbass in any format, and calls for a violent scenario. This was previously stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. Kiev understands the risks Bashirov is sure: despite the general strengthening of military rhetoric, large-scale clashes between Russia and Ukraine should not be expected – Kiev understands that this will not lead to anything good. Regular drone attacks are likely to continue, however. “Kiev will sabotage all the Minsk agreements until it receives a direct command from Washington to